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Oral history transcript, David E. Bell, interview 1 (I), 12/27/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information
Oral history transcript, Henry Bellmon, interview 1 (I), 4/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Political biography; meetings with President Johnson; impressions of LBJ; development of Republican Party in Oklahoma; work as Nixon's national campaign manager in 1966 and 1967; impact of LBJ's administration on state of Oklahoma
Oral history transcript, Peter B. Benchley, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; TIME & A TICKET; LBJ's remarks regarding Vietnam; LBJ's reading and general knowledge; speech writing and the staff; "cussers/doubters/nervous-nellies;" consumer interest information; speech schedule put out on Fridays;…
Oral history transcript, Ivan L. Bennett, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/11/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; appointment; LBJ's attitude toward staff of OST (Office of Science and Technology); functions of OST; world food, pollution and population problems; federal programs; access to BOB; State of the Union message; Commission on…
Oral history transcript, Robert Bennett, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; contacts with LBJ; LBJ's message on Indian Affairs; Bennet's selection; Indian claims; Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction Act; Civil Rights Act; Pueblos; equal employment for Indians; legislation for Indians; health;…
Oral history transcript, Beryl A. (Mrs. Lloyd) Bentsen, interview 1 (I), 12/23/1968, by David G. McComb
The Bentsens' friendship with the Johnsons; Texas politics in 1952 and 1956; 1968 Democratic Convention; Allan Shivers
Oral history transcript, Lloyd Bentsen, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Election to Congress in 1948; Sam Rayburn; Homer Thornberry; Johnson-Rayburn relationship; early relationship with LBJ; Drew Pearson; support of LBJ over Shivers in 1956; selection of Mrs. Bentsen as committeewoman; Secretary for the Committee for…
Oral history transcript, Maurice M. Bernbaum, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Foreign service career assignments: 1936 in the Pacific and later in Latin America; effect of Alliance for Progress in Ecuador; effect of Kennedy assassination on the Alliance; assignment as Ambassador to Venezuela; fishing agreement (12 mile limit)…
Oral history transcript, Berl Bernhard, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
Bernhard being asked to organize a White House conference on civil rights; problems with conference planning; Morris Abrams, William T. Coleman and Benjamin Heinemann as co-chairmen of the conference; planning session for the conference; LBJ's…
Oral history transcript, Levette J. (Joe) Berry, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1985, by Ted Gittinger
Biographical information; first awareness of LBJ; impressions of LBJ; the Black Stars; Professor Greene; reflections on SWTSTC ; LBJ's reputation on campus; evaluation of LBJ's political skills; LBJ and Dr. Evans; recollections of other students;…
Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell
Biographical information; work as a welfare department investigator; involvement in the War on Poverty and the Urban League, how Berry came to be the director of the Community Action program; early community-related programs; funding programs such as…
Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 2 (II), 3/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell
Confrontation in Community Action Agencies, especially in Chicago, Syracuse, Philadelphia and Cleveland; Community Action Agency guidelines; political involvement in local Community Action organizations; the Green Amendment; getting community action…
Oral history transcript, Howard Bertsch, interview 1 (I), 10/21/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Committee for an Effective Congress; George Aiken; biographical information; Resettlement Administration; changes in FHA; needs of rural communities; loans; social purposes of agency; American Farm Bureau Federation opposition; dissemination of…
Oral history transcript, Roland Bibolet, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
Circumstances of going to work of Senator McFarland; first meeting with LBJ; LBJ's selection as whip; tidelands; relationship between LBJ and McFarland; 1952 campaign; LBJ's becoming leader; joining LBJ's staff; staff members; office routine; LBJ's…
Oral history transcript, Livingston Biddle, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1989, by Louann Temple
LBJ's interest in arts legislation in 1964; Biddle meeting with Abe Fortas regarding proposed arts legislation; Claiborne Pell; proposing legislation that later started the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities;…
Oral history transcript, William F. Billings, interview 1 (I), 5/23/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Texas politics; LBJ's liberal tendencies; 1956 support of Shivers; Schwille case; JFK's assassination; A TEXAN LOOKS AT LYNDON; attorney for J. Evetts Haley, Jr.; statement on Johnson Presidency; Lady Bird Johnson; 3/31…
Oral history transcript, Horace V. (Dick) Bird, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; LBJ's Naval Commission; Naval Affairs Committee; LBJ military service overseas; LBJ and Sam Rayburn; LBJ and Forrestal; LBJ and John Connally; Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy; LBJ investigations of Navy Department;…
Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 2 (II), 10/21/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Early family relationship between Birdwell and Johnson families; early organization of National Youth Administration Program in Texas; LBJ's first race for Congress (1937); early days in Washington as Secretary to Congressman Johnson; KVET and KTBC…
Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 3 (III), 2/9/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
National Youth Administration
Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 4 (IV), 2/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
National Youth Administration
Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1970, by T.H. Baker
[For interviews 1 and 2] First meeting with LBJ in 1948; Thomas C. Henning, Jr.; Joseph R. McCarthy; Senator Earle Clements; Senate Campaign Committee; Walter Jenkins; George Reedy; John Connally; Eisenhower inauguration; LBJ's organization of Senate…
Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 2 (II), 1/13/1970, by T.H. Baker
[For interviews 1 and 2] First meeting with LBJ in 1948; Thomas C. Henning, Jr.; Joseph R. McCarthy; Senator Earle Clements; Senate Campaign Committee; Walter Jenkins; George Reedy; John Connally; Eisenhower inauguration; LBJ's organization of Senate…
Oral history transcript, David S. Black, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; meetings with LBJ; BPA; confirmation; cabinet meetings; telephone conversation with LBJ regarding the riot in DC; Park Police and DC riot; March on the Pentagon; Resurrection City permit; closing down Resurrection City;…
Oral history transcript, Eugene R. Black, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
The relationships between Black, LBJ and Fulbright; Black's service as advisor to LBJ on Asian Development Bank and the support of Japan, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Korea; Black's service as…
Oral history transcript, John W. Black, interview 1 (I), 10/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; creation of U.S. Travel Service; imbalance in travel between U.S. and foreign countries; International Travel Act; Lemoyne Billings; Executive Review of Overseas Programs; John Rooney; Mr. Gilmore; travel tax proposal; LBJ's…
